The Ninth Circuit's recent interpretation of the Lanham
Act's damages provisions surely surprised many trademark practitioners. It held that, when a plaintiff chooses to
receive statutory damages in a counterfeiting case instead of opting for actual
damages, it may also be barred from recovering...

The U.S. government has substantial anti-counterfeiting and
anti-piracy efforts in place. However, according to the U.S. Government
Accountability Office (GAO), these efforts could be significantly improved
primarily through strong permanent leadership to foster better coordination
within and among...

The PRO IP Act of 2008, officially the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act, increases penalties for civil and criminal counterfeiting and creates a new intellectual property enforcement coordinator at the federal level. While the law’s primary focus is counterfeiting...

Enormous online marketplace eBay is not liable for contributory trademark infringement, though listings on its site offer counterfeit silver Tiffany jewelry for sale, according to a judge in the Southern District of New York. eBay had refused to preemptively remove certain listings of silver Tiffany...

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Members who follow the Fashion Industry Law page ( http://www.lexisnexis.com/Community/copyright-trademarklaw/landing-page.aspx?Item=301 )
would be well advised to delve into this new work. FASHION LAW is a comprehensive survey of the
legal issues of the industry, covering not only US and...

For today's consumer
goods product developer, counterfeiting is a huge concern. An essential part of
any campaign against counterfeit goods is Internet enforcement. In this
Analysis, David Starr and Gregory Bennett focus on the details of establishing
and maintaining an effective approach to...

Yet another anti-counterfeiting case,
but this case is especially interesting because, in addition to the trademark
and trade dress claims, there is a true copyright infringement claim based on
design elements.
Read the complain in Coach. Inc. and Coach Services. Inc., v. Robina
Boutique. Zafar...

Italian newspapers reported that last Sunday, June 6 2010, an Austrian
tourist who bought a 7 Euro fake Louis Vuitton purse from a beach vendor in
Jesolo, an Italian beach resort near Venice, got slapped with a 1,000 Euro
fine.
Under Article 1(7) of Law No. 80/2005 and subsequent amendments, an...

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
COACH, INC. and COACH SERVICES, INC.,
Plaintiffs, Case No.
v.
THE BUYER'S MARKET, INC., AN ILLINOIS
CORPORATION, d/b/a BUYER'S FLEA
MARKET, and DOES 1 through100,
Defendants...

By Ashlee Froese of Gilbert's LLP
With the International Chamber of Commerce's recent report stating that the counterfeit goods industry may reach $1.75 trillion (US) by 2012, INTA has decided to step up its game. ( For those of you not in the know, the International Trademarks Association...

BY: JOHN STAIGE DAVIS, V
Can a would-be trademark-infringer evade the trademark laws by superimposing facsimiles of two different trademarks of the same company into a single combined image, and maintaining that the combined image is legally distinguishable from the true ones? The answer, thankfully...

By Ashlee Froese of Gilbert's LLP
France is known for its fashion. Perhaps more importantly within the fashion world, France is known as being one of the last remaining champions of the petites mains : highly skilled tailors and seamstresses that are the "behind the scenes" technicians...